Flowers

August's Flower Market Report

Written by Rona Wheeldon July 29, 2016

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This month, British flowers continue to be in wonderful abundance at New Covent Garden Flower Market. You'll find so many different varieties of homegrown blooms available, from dainty nigella, pictured below, to prickly echinops!

So take time out from your busy day, settle down and feast your eyes on just some of the glorious floral delights currently at Nine Elms...

British Flowers

If the 'just-picked from the garden' look is your signature floristry style, then one place to make a bee-line for is the British flowers area at Zest Flowers, where you'll find this very pretty verbena.

Here's the gentleman himself, Graeme. And he's turning into such an Instagram pro! Head over to his feed to take a look.

You’ll also find that Pratley have a new account on this very popular social media platform. You can check it out here. Pratley have a fantastic range of British blooms in boxes, including echinops, also known as globe thistle.

Moving on to a pink colour palette... how beautiful are these Japanese anemones at Zest Flowers?!

That’s where you’ll also find these ‘Cheerleader ‘spray roses. I love this stunning picture of them by Sarah at Hiding in the City!

Graeme mentioned that achillea is going down a real storm at the moment! Not surprising when you see the astonishing range of colours that it comes in...

And for some incredibly vibrantly coloured flowers, how about this lavatera?

These scabious?

These dahlias...?

Or perhaps these sunshine yellow sunflowers?

For an elegant touch however, there’s nothing quite like white hydrangeas. And white wild garden hydrangeas can be found outside at Porters Foliage. You’ll also find them in pink. Take a look at Porters' Instagram feed to see more photos of their vast display.

Easy to care for cacti are a big on-trend houseplant at the moment. And there are so many different varieties, in all sorts of shapes and sizes available from the plant wholesalers at the market. At one end of the spectrum are these huge specimens at Arnott & Mason. But they also have very cute mini ones too. Check out their Instagram account for lots more botanical inspiration.

For something very sculptural, how about these cynara, aka globe artichokes, at Quality Plants? Quality are also a whizz on Instagram! Have a look at their photos here.

Another great houseplant is Asplenium nidus ‘Crispy Wave’. It's available at Quality Plants and apparently, it’s an excellent air purifier.

What better way to add graceful movement to a design than with these jasmine trails?

Ideal for hand-tieds and vase designs is guelder berry.

And another terrific foliage at this time of year is euonymus at GB Foliage...

...where you’ll also find this prunus. Such an incredible colour?!

Sundries

If you’re on the hunt for chicken wire, pop into Whittingtons, where you’ll find it in different sizes.

They also have this lacy bridal ribbon in white and cream, in varying widths.

And for the natural, rustic look, ideal for wrapping bouquets is this hessian, available in different widths.

As with every Flower Market Report, this is just a small snapshot of what you can expect to find at New Covent Garden Flower Market. For example, on the British flowers front, there’s also poppy seed heads, crocosmia, oriental lilies, asiatic lilies, gladioli and calla lilies. Plus world flowers including roses, lisianthus, brunia, asclepias, physalis, hydrangeas, clematis... the list goes on.

So, I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this month’s report and it’s given you lots of inspiration! Don't forget to follow the Market too on Instagram at @MarketFlowers. As always, we’d love to hear from you if you have any comments or questions. Simply fill in the boxes below.

P.S. Did you hear the news that the Flower Market will now open in its new location on Monday, 27th February 2017? Here’s a link for more information.

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